In this episode, I sat down with Michela Morizzo, CEO and founder of Techne UK and Techne Italia, a leading data science company conducting large-scale opinion polling and helping businesses, policymakers, and organizations better understand voter behavior and future political trends.

Michela has spent the past 25 years analyzing key political trends. From predicting Brexit and the rise of the far right to understanding the development of the UK’s increasingly multi-party political environment, Michela explains what is driving voter behavior today. What are the key signals policymakers need to identify early? And what can future policymakers learn from the political environment in 2026?

Michela believes that voter abstention creates space for the emergence of new political parties. Trust, happiness, and the economy all play a crucial role in how citizens decide to cast their vote. With major elections on the horizon, this conversation is a must-watch for anyone who wants to understand the next political cycle across Europe.

I had the privilege of sitting down with Sary Levy Carciente, an economist of great stature. Currently, Sary is a Research Scientist at the Adam Smith Center for Economic Freedom at Florida International University, where she leads the annual Index of Bureaucracy — a toolkit for policymakers and governments around the world on what to do, and what not to do, to help small businesses thrive.

Small and medium-sized companies form the backbone of the economy. In many countries, small businesses account for more than 90% of companies. And yet, in certain countries, it takes nearly nine months to start a business.

In this episode, Sary and I spoke about bureaucracy, how it impacts the economy, and, most importantly, what the cost of bureaucracy is that nobody talks about. And, not least, what is needed to arrive at the golden equilibrium.

Originally from Venezuela, Sary has been one of Venezuela’s biggest voices for a free-market economy. She was Dean of the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences at the Central University of Venezuela (2008–2011) and Director of its Research Institute (2004–2008). Hence, we couldn’t help but discuss what stands on the other side of growth and prosperity, and what motivates dictators to implement the policies they use to destroy economies.

Today I sit down with Andreas Hellmann, director of tax and regulatory policy at the Tholos Foundation. The organisation dates back to 1985 when it was founded by the request of then US President Ronald Raegan and is today one of the leading educational non-profit organizations dedicated to advancing the principles of economic liberty around the globe.

In this Conversation, Andreas and I talk extensively about the transatlantic relations, trying to encompass position both from Brussels and Washington DC. From the latest Turnberry agreements, the defense spending disputes, EU’s take on the American Big Tech, and issues present back during the Biden administration all the way to the fundamental differences in the approach to how two great powers see the world.

Listen to the episode to unpack together with us the future of the transatlantic relations in the current global setting.